Half Moon Bay vs Hillsborough

A side-by-side comparison of Half Moon Bay and Hillsborough: population, income, housing, and more.

Half Moon Bay and Hillsborough are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Half Moon Bay has the higher population (11,454 vs 11,122 in Hillsborough). Hillsborough has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $153,199 in Half Moon Bay). Hillsborough has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,467,000 in Half Moon Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Half Moon Bay	Hillsborough
Population	11,454	11,122
Median age	46.5 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$153,199	$250,001
Median home value	$1,467,000	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,299	$3,501
Housing units	4,559	3,804
Homeownership rate	72.8%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	82.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Half Moon Bay	Hillsborough
Population	12,834 → 11,454 (-10.8%)	11,447 → 11,122 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$134,177 → $153,199 (+14.2%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$999,500 → $1,467,000 (+46.8%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,869 → $2,299 (+23.0%)	$3,490 → $3,501 (+0.3%)

Half Moon Bay

Population

12,83411,454

Median household income

$134,177$153,199

Median home value

$999,500$1,467,000

Median gross rent

$1,869$2,299

Hillsborough

Population

11,44711,122

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,490$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Half Moon Bay	Hillsborough
Under 5	6.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	22.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	5.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.4%	9.7%
75 and over	8.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Half Moon Bay	Hillsborough
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	52.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	32.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.7%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	29.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Half Moon Bay	Hillsborough
No high school diploma	8.7%	1.2%
High school graduate	12.6%	4.4%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	46.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Half Moon Bay	Hillsborough
Drove alone	61.2%	56.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	5.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	23.0%	32.9%
Other means	1.8%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Half Moon Bay	Hillsborough
1-unit, detached	68.4%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Half Moon Bay	Hillsborough
Poverty rate	6.2%	3.8%
Average household size	2.76	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1982	1967